Battery support



Feb. 10, 1931. v. 'JANTSCH' BATTERY 'SUPPORT Filed Oct 27. 1927 Patented Feb. 10, 1 931. 1

7 r ATTERY' SUPPORT Application-filed calibe 27,1927 Serial- 11c. 2294131 1 This invention relates to inotor vehicles and more particularly to a carrier'or mounting by which a storage battery maybe removably supported on the vehicle: i v p v One of the primary objects of the invention is to provide an improved support, which comprises but a few parts so as to be simple in construction and economical to manufacture, and which will firmly secure a battery in place without placing any load on the case of the battery.

A further object of the invention is to provide a battery mounting which will cushion shocks and stresses and free the battery of damaging strains incident toframe'weaving and vibrations as well as road shocks.

The above and other incidentalobjects and advantages will be apparent from the followmounting.

ing specification and the accompanying drawing, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, and in which Fig. '1 shows by way of illustration a truck chassis with the battery support conveniently car-- ried under the drivers seat, and Figs. 2, 3 and 4 are respectively, a side elevation, an end elevation and a top plan view of the Referring to the drawing the storage battery to be removably carried by the vehicle,

indicated by the numeral 1, is received between upwardly extending side portions or i plates 2 and 3 of a U-shaped member and rests upon and is supported by the-bottom cross portion4thereof. In order to strength- .en and reinforce the weight supporting bottom 4 of the U-shaped member, which is preferably stamped or pressed from sheet metal, the bottom port-ion is corrugated or provided with a series of parallel curved ridges 5, ,pressed upwardly from the underside thereof, which stiffen the bottom in one direc-. tion and is further provided with upturned flanges 6 at each end, which not only stiffen the bottom in the other direction but also assist inpositioning the, battery. The bottom 4 being thus made resistant to any tend- "ency to sag underthe weight of the battery,

evenly distributes the supported weight upon three elastic blocks 7 of rubber, or other suitable material, two of which rest upon the top forming a part of the chassis frame and the other of which rests upon the top flange-10'] of a transverse cross member 11 of the frame,

manuraorunme coMrAninon-ron'rmc, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION-0F MAINE 1 flange 8,"ofa.channe1 ed sidemember or'sil1" l f iI1g longitudinally of-the vehicle and.

which isreceived withinthe channel of the I thickness to the flange 8 maybeinsertedlbe tweenthe flange 10 and the rubber block resting thereon, 'so'that the several blocks will be of uniform size and interchangeable; Long fastening bolts 13 passing through apertures oriholes. in the bottomlof the U-shapedmemside member 91' A disc or washer 12 equal in berf and toplflanges'of'the frame members,

also. extend through and retain the rubber blocks in place .andhold-the U-shaped member thereon; Obviously, these resilientblocks. 7 will. bsorb; and save 'thebattery structure f 'free from the various vibrations and jars in c-ident. to vehicular travel, materially prolonging the' life of the batteryjl'f I At each end Of'thGI'GSPQCtlYQ 'side' plates or upstanding'portions 2 and 3 and at the top thereof, is a laterally projecting ear 14 extending outwardly substantially at an angle of :45". These ears :may be formedin shaped member is first formed or they may be theoutturnedends of a pair of straps welded or otherwise secured along the top margin of the upstanding sides. Bridging the open ends of the U-shaped member are a pair of strapsor plates 15, eachof which is provided at. opposite. ends with lateral ears 16,-corre .sponding to the ears 14 and extending atan angle of substantially 45. 2 The side plates 2 and-3and end plates or straps 15 constitute tegrally Withthe side plates'whentheU i in effect a rectangular frame into which the 5V battery is inserted. .At, each corner of. the frame-are a pair of angled ears, one on an end plate and the. Other on a side plate,each'pair being connected together by a bolt 17v extending through alined openingsin the adjoining ears and carrying a wing nut 18 adjustably screw threaded thereon. By the adjustment of'the several wing'nuts18, thelears at each corner will be'moved relative to each other,

causingthe frame toincrease or decrease in l i size; When 'a batteryis to besecuied-j inthe mounting,the.wing nutslSare threaded bad;

55 plates and straps into'clampin'g engagementi 60 forming a rest forabattery' an'd' a pair-Qof' to increase the size of the frame beyond that frame projecting angularly from one of said of. the battery to 'be received and after the upwardly extending portions and an end battery 1s rested upon thebottom 4,the nuts strap respectively, and means connecting each are drawn up to contract the frame and move pair of adjoining ears to draw them together 5 the plateslintjo 'clampingcontact with the ver for contracting the frame and causing unitical Walls o fthe ba'ttery casefi The clamping form" clamping effedt on a llls'ides of l the bataction, which will be uniformly distributed terytobesupportedi on all four sides of the battery case, serves to 4. *Ina motor vehicle, the combination of SECLliGlYfhQldf'thG'btftttfiiy'llfl PIZLQQEtIld resists chassis frame and a u-shaped member adapt- V V ,10 any tendency of "the battery to bounce or; ed=toreceiveastorage'batterybetvveenthe upbump up and down. The manner of olampstanding sides thereof, a pair of straps bridging the battery in place makes this mounting ing' the open ends of saidmember, means conespecially adapted for use With batteries connecting said straps and sides to contract the tained Within a molded rubbercase'such as same-into clamping engagement with the verlarge Contact 'surfaceeliminatesdistortion o'f f 'ingly "SUP %"53 ip d iI'II'IIib'BI p n thej'case, as 'haSbeen experienced With the' thgich-gigsis fra" i i conventional hold-down devices heretofore are-now coming into great'favonsince the .tical walls'ofthebatt ery, and means to yield.-,

, a v a VfCTOR QTANTSCI-IF WVh'ile thefforegoing-description has been 7 v r more orjless' specific, it is 'to be understood thattheiinventionis not limited to the exact structural jdetails idisc'losed; but that such" modificationsgmay be'made' as come within f th'ej s copefofappended claims;

1. A mounting for det'achably supporting a storage vbatteryfi'n'clu'ding arectangular fram'efoomprising a substantially U-shaped 0 member having" upstanding portions and adapte'cl'ito, receive] 'a'b'att'erybetween the up" standing Portions thereof, a pair'ofend plates brid'ging'the'open ends of said member and means'to movejsaid upstanding-portions and size of said frame;

2. A mounting for detachably supporting a storage battery, including a U-shapedmemqf it her havinga'bottom plate on which the bat+ 1 40 tery is to be rested and apairof upstanding'f side plates integral with the bottom plate, a pair of end straps bridging the space between I the side plates at the ends thereof and cos operating With'said side plates to afford a reo tangular' frame to receive the battery therein,

theopposite endsof eachjside plate and end strap-terminating in laterally projecting ears,

providingra pai'rof ears-at each corner; of hthe frame, one on a side plate-and one on an' end strap, andfas tening bolts passing through apertures in adjoining ears and hav-f ing adjusting nuts screw threaded thereon,-': which by their adjustmentdraw the respece: tive pairs of ears together and movethe? withjthewalls of'a battery'inserted within;- the frame, I v n v 3- l tfi rm l ht g inc g U shaped member "having a bottom portion T upwardly extending portions betweenf'vvhich I a batterymay be received, a pair 'ofstraps bridgingitheopen ends of saidU-shap'edmemher) and forming 'therewfith a I rectangular" frame, a pairbfears ateac'h' corner'ofthe" I a. In testimony ate-tear sa -ma nate V employed; r a V p 

